Contoured Urinal Assembly

ABSTRACT

A contoured urinal assembly for enhancing comfort for a user during urine collection includes a bottle that has an angled neck to facilitate a user to insert the user&#39;s penis into the angled neck for urine collection. A handle is coupled to the bottle for gripping. A ring extends around the bottle and the ring is comprised of a resiliently compressible material to enhance comfort for the user. A saddle is coupled to the ring. The penis is positioned on the saddle to inhibit the penis from being abraded. Additionally, the saddle extends into the bottle to direct the penis into the bottle for urine collection.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Descriptionof Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to urinal devices and moreparticularly pertains to a new urinal device for enhancing comfort for auser during urine collection.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above bygenerally comprising a bottle that has an angled neck to facilitate auser to insert the user's penis into the angled neck for urinecollection. A handle is coupled to the bottle for gripping. A ringextends around the bottle and the ring is comprised of a resilientlycompressible material to enhance comfort for the user. A saddle iscoupled to the ring. The penis is positioned on the saddle to inhibitthe penis from being abraded. Additionally, the saddle extends into thebottle to direct the penis into the bottle for urine collection.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more importantfeatures of the disclosure in order that the detailed descriptionthereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that thepresent contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There areadditional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafterand which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features ofnovelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out withparticularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of thisdisclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than thoseset forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to thefollowing detailed description thereof. Such description makes referenceto the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a right side view of a contoured urinal assembly according toan embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 3 of anembodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through5 thereof, a new urinal device embodying the principles and concepts ofan embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by thereference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 5, the contoured urinal assembly10 generally comprises a bottle 12 that has an angled neck 14. Theangled neck 14 facilitates a user to insert the user's penis into theangled neck 14 for urine collection. The bottle 12 has a bottom end 16,a top end 18 and an outer wall 20 extending therebetween. The top end 18is open into an interior of the bottle 12 and the penis can bepositioned in the top end 18. The outer wall 20 is curved between thebottom end 16 and the top end 18 such that the top end 18 lies on aplane that is angled with the bottom end 16.

The outer wall 20 has ounces indicia 22 printed thereon comprising agraduated scale for measuring 38 fluid volume in fluid ounces.Additionally, the outer wall 20 has cubic centimeter indicia 24 printedthereon comprising a graduated scale for measuring 38 fluid volume incubic centimeters. The bottle 12 may have a fluid capacity ofapproximately 900 ml. A handle 36 is coupled to the bottle 12 forgripping. The handle 36 extends away from the outer wall 20 of thebottle 12. Additionally, the handle 36 extends toward the bottom end 16of the bottle 12.

A ring 38 extends around the bottle 12 and the ring 38 is coextensivewith the top end 18 of the bottle 12. The ring 38 has an inwardly facingside 40 and the inwardly facing side 40 is beveled. In this way theinwardly facing side 40 enhances comfort for the penis. Additionally,the ring 38 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material toenhance comfort for the user.

A saddle 42 is coupled to the ring 38 and the penis is positioned on thesaddle 42 when the penis is inserted into the bottle 12. In this way thesaddle 42 inhibits the penis from is abraded. The saddle 42 extends intothe bottle 12 to direct the penis into the bottle 12 for urinecollection. Additionally, the saddle 42 is concavely arcuate withrespect to the top end 18 of the bottle 12. The saddle 42 may becomprised of a resiliently compressible material for enhancing comfortfor the user.

In use, the user inserts the user's penis into the bottle 12 for urinecollection. The penis is positioned on the saddle 42 while the bottle 12is held for urine collection. In this way the saddle 42 inhibits thepenis from being abraded during 38 urine collection. Thus, the user cancomfortably urinate into the bottle 12 when the user is bedridden,confined to a wheelchair or otherwise incapable of using a traditionalbathroom. Additionally, the bottle 12 may be employed in a medicalenvironment to collect urine for analysis or the like.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized thatthe optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodimentenabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials,shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, aredeemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and allequivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings anddescribed in the specification are intended to be encompassed by anembodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of theprinciples of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications andchanges will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is notdesired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operationshown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications andequivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of thedisclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used inits non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word areincluded, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. Areference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not excludethe possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless thecontext clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.

I claim:
 1. A contoured urinal assembly being configured to receive apenis for urination without abrading the penis, said assemblycomprising: a bottle having an angled neck wherein said bottle isconfigured to facilitate a user to insert the user's penis into saidangled neck for urine collection; a handle being coupled to said bottlefor gripping; a ring extending around said bottle, said ring beingcomprised of a resiliently compressible material wherein said ring isconfigured to enhance comfort for the user; and a saddle being coupledto said ring, said saddle having the penis being positioned thereonwherein said saddle is configured to inhibit the penis from beingabraded, said saddle extending into said bottle wherein said saddle isconfigured to direct the penis into said bottle for urine collection. 2.The assembly according to claim 1, wherein: said bottle has a bottomend, a top end and an outer wall extending therebetween, said top endbeing open into an interior of said bottle wherein said top end isconfigured to having the penis positioned therein, said outer wall beingcurved between said bottom end and said top end such that said top endlies on a plane being angled with said bottom end; said outer wall hasounces indicia being printed thereon comprising a graduated scale formeasuring fluid volume in fluid ounces; and said outer wall has cubiccentimeter indicia being printed thereon comprising a graduated scalefor measuring fluid volume in cubic centimeters.
 3. The assemblyaccording to claim 2, wherein said ring is coextensive with said top endof said bottle, said ring having an inwardly facing side, said inwardlyfacing side being beveled wherein said inwardly facing side isconfigured to enhance comfort for the penis.
 4. The assembly accordingto claim 2, wherein said saddle is concavely arcuate with respect tosaid top end of said bottle.
 5. A contoured urinal assembly beingconfigured to receive a penis for urination without abrading the penis,said assembly comprising: a bottle having an angled neck wherein saidbottle is configured to facilitate a user to insert the user's penisinto said angled neck for urine collection, said bottle having a bottomend, a top end and an outer wall extending therebetween, said top endbeing open into an interior of said bottle wherein said top end isconfigured to having the penis positioned therein, said outer wall beingcurved between said bottom end and said top end such that said top endlies on a plane being angled with said bottom end, said outer wallhaving ounces indicia being printed thereon comprising a graduated scalefor measuring fluid volume in fluid ounces, said outer wall having cubiccentimeter indicia being printed thereon comprising a graduated scalefor measuring fluid volume in cubic centimeters; a handle being coupledto said bottle for gripping, said handle extending away from said outerwall of said bottle, said handle extending toward said bottom end ofsaid bottle; and a ring extending around said bottle, said ring beingcoextensive with said top end of said bottle, said ring having aninwardly facing side, said inwardly facing side being beveled whereinsaid inwardly facing side is configured to enhance comfort for thepenis, said ring being comprised of a resiliently compressible materialwherein said ring is configured to enhance comfort for the user; and asaddle being coupled to said ring, said saddle having the penis beingpositioned thereon wherein said saddle is configured to inhibit thepenis from being abraded, said saddle extending into said bottle whereinsaid saddle is configured to direct the penis into said bottle for urinecollection, said saddle being concavely arcuate with respect to said topend of said bottle.